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Is British Israelism, the belief that the people of the British Isles are "genetically, racially, and linguistically the direct descendants" of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel, why "Jerusalem" is England's unofficial national anthem? What influence has it had on Anglo-saxon thought since?

by /u/AlarmingAffect0 in /r/AskHistorians

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